by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Japan Company Stories, Robotics & Precision
⚡ TL;DRMurata Manufacturing is the world’s leading maker of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) — the tiny components inside virtually every electronic device. This guide explains what MLCCs do, why Murata dominates them, the company’s materials-science...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Japan Company Stories, Robotics & Precision
⚡ TL;DROmron is a Japanese automation pioneer whose technology spans factory control, healthcare devices and social systems like train ticket gates and traffic control. This guide covers Omron’s innovation history, its ‘sensing and control plus...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Japan Company Stories, Robotics & Precision
⚡ TL;DRKeyence is one of Japan’s most profitable and unusual companies — a factory-automation sensor maker with software-like margins, no factories of its own, and famously high employee pay. This guide explains Keyence’s fabless model, its direct-sales...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Japan Company Stories, Robotics & Precision
⚡ TL;DRYaskawa Electric is a pioneer of industrial robotics and motion control, the company that coined the term ‘mechatronics’ and built the Motoman robot line. This guide covers Yaskawa’s history in motors and drives, its robotics leadership, the...
by Ekrem Duman | Jul 23, 2026 | Japan Company Stories, Robotics & Precision
⚡ TL;DRFANUC is the world’s leading industrial-robot maker and the quiet giant behind global factory automation. Famous for its yellow robots, extreme profitability, secrecy and a self-sufficient campus at the foot of Mount Fuji, FANUC dominates CNC controls and...
